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I went to a barbershop about three week ago and asked to get my hair cut. As the barber was trimming my hair, he started using a brush which seemed to hurt the back of my head. I just recently noticed that there was a scab from the brush.
Since then I have been having symptoms. Tingling in my hands and feet that comes every so often and is usually in my fingers. Swollen papillae developed on the tip of my tongue. It came very suddenly a few days back and is now decreasing. Bump on top of inner nose that is painful when touched. This has been here for a week. Black raised bumps on face.a toothache yesterday that is gone now. Woke up one day very tired.. No fever. I am worried that I may have exposure to HIV from the person before me.
In addition, I went swimming last week on a cold night and woke up with a stuffy nose. The thing about that is the cold is not present during the day unless I sneeze. Also when I breathe in, my throat feels irritated and it makes me cough. I went to the hospital the other day and got a blood test. It came back normal. But I heard it is too early to know if HIV is present at 2 weeks. Now I have a swollen lymph node on back of head and what doctors say to be a sore throat.
Please help.
My questions are..
How long does the HIV virus live outside the body?
What are causing these symptoms of mine?
Do I need to get tested again?
What are the chances of getting HIV from an infected brush?
Since then I have been having symptoms. Tingling in my hands and feet that comes every so often and is usually in my fingers. Swollen papillae developed on the tip of my tongue. It came very suddenly a few days back and is now decreasing. Bump on top of inner nose that is painful when touched. This has been here for a week. Black raised bumps on face.a toothache yesterday that is gone now. Woke up one day very tired.. No fever. I am worried that I may have exposure to HIV from the person before me.
In addition, I went swimming last week on a cold night and woke up with a stuffy nose. The thing about that is the cold is not present during the day unless I sneeze. Also when I breathe in, my throat feels irritated and it makes me cough. I went to the hospital the other day and got a blood test. It came back normal. But I heard it is too early to know if HIV is present at 2 weeks. Now I have a swollen lymph node on back of head and what doctors say to be a sore throat.
Please help.
My questions are..
How long does the HIV virus live outside the body?
What are causing these symptoms of mine?
Do I need to get tested again?
What are the chances of getting HIV from an infected brush?
MEDICAL PROFESSIONAL
This will be your last answer. The answers I am about to provide have no relevance to you as your exposure was, as I said, NO RISK.
1. Typically all symptoms of ARS occur at about the same time.
2. Of course, not all persons who acquire HIV develop ARS, incluing fever.
3. Swollen papillae are not a sign or ARS, early or otherwise.
4. It should have read "While your symptoms do..."
5. Swollen lymph nodes in ARS are generalized, not localized.
6. Once again, no concern at all
7. They get better over the course of a few days, like any viral illness.
As I said, your questions have no relevance to your no risk exposure. This will be the last post. Further anxiety-driven questions will be deleted without comment. EWH
1. Typically all symptoms of ARS occur at about the same time.
2. Of course, not all persons who acquire HIV develop ARS, incluing fever.
3. Swollen papillae are not a sign or ARS, early or otherwise.
4. It should have read "While your symptoms do..."
5. Swollen lymph nodes in ARS are generalized, not localized.
6. Once again, no concern at all
7. They get better over the course of a few days, like any viral illness.
As I said, your questions have no relevance to your no risk exposure. This will be the last post. Further anxiety-driven questions will be deleted without comment. EWH
1- Does all the symptoms of HIV happen at the same time?
2- is it possible to have HIV without fever as a symptom if all others are present?
3- I couldn't find any reliable source on swollen papilleas. Is it common for HIV?
4- did you state all my symptoms overlaped with HIV? You wrote "whoile"
5- are the swollen lymph nodes usually all around the body, or just one area?
6-are the symptoms that I mentioned (black bumps, bump on nose, swollen papillae, toothache) of any concern to ANY potential HIV exposure?
7- are symptoms usually the same every day?
Thank you
2- is it possible to have HIV without fever as a symptom if all others are present?
3- I couldn't find any reliable source on swollen papilleas. Is it common for HIV?
4- did you state all my symptoms overlaped with HIV? You wrote "whoile"
5- are the swollen lymph nodes usually all around the body, or just one area?
6-are the symptoms that I mentioned (black bumps, bump on nose, swollen papillae, toothache) of any concern to ANY potential HIV exposure?
7- are symptoms usually the same every day?
Thank you
1- Does all the symptoms of HIV happen at the same time?
2- is it possible to have HIV without fever as a symptom if all others are present?
3- I couldn't find any reliable source on swollen papilleas. Is it common for HIV?
4- did you state all my symptoms overlaped with HIV? You wrote "whoile"
5- are the swollen lymph nodes usually all around the body, or just one area?
6-are the symptoms that I mentioned (black bumps, bump on nose, swollen papillae, toothache) of any concern to ANY potential HIV exposure?
7- are symptoms usually the same every day?
Thank you
2- is it possible to have HIV without fever as a symptom if all others are present?
3- I couldn't find any reliable source on swollen papilleas. Is it common for HIV?
4- did you state all my symptoms overlaped with HIV? You wrote "whoile"
5- are the swollen lymph nodes usually all around the body, or just one area?
6-are the symptoms that I mentioned (black bumps, bump on nose, swollen papillae, toothache) of any concern to ANY potential HIV exposure?
7- are symptoms usually the same every day?
Thank you
MEDICAL PROFESSIONAL
there is no clear question. You may restate it. If it has not already been answered, I will address it. EWH
Are you there Doctor?
Ok thank you. That really helped. One more thing. Can you answer the question on my previous post but generally speaking? I just want to be able to know dispite my situation.
MEDICAL PROFESSIONAL
None of the symptoms you report are at all suggestive of HIV. They do however suggest that you remain anxious about your exposure and that you are paying more than normal attention to these sorts of things. Please try to stop worrying- you are not at risk for HIV from the event in the barber shop you described. EWH
Im sorry to keep asking questions but another thing arose. I woke up today with another swollen lymph node in back of ear. Its now a total of two swollen and a sore throat that doesn't hurt. I just have a lot of mucus in throat. 1-Is that really a sore throat? 2-Does the lymph nodes swell one by one in HIV or is it all together? Also I get this weird tingling before I can feel the bump.
What about the toothache, black bumps on face, swollen papillae, bump on nose? 3-Are those early symptoms of HIV? Most of those are gone but still worrisome(black bumps still remains).
I know your probably thinking that this is a waste of time, but all this has never happened to me. But all this seems to be signs. Last question 4-what other symptoms would be considered as a risk of HIV in addition to mine?
What about the toothache, black bumps on face, swollen papillae, bump on nose? 3-Are those early symptoms of HIV? Most of those are gone but still worrisome(black bumps still remains).
I know your probably thinking that this is a waste of time, but all this has never happened to me. But all this seems to be signs. Last question 4-what other symptoms would be considered as a risk of HIV in addition to mine?
MEDICAL PROFESSIONAL
Whiole your symptoms o overlap with those of early HIV, they are much, much more likely to be due to your sore throat (cold), not HIV. Your cold, including the swollen lymph node is a coincidence. EWH
Hey doctor thanks for the response. I have a few more questions if you don't mind.
What about my other symptoms I am having? I went to the doctor yesterday because of my sudden lymph node growth and also my throat. What could be the cause of the symptoms then? Everything seems to be connected to HIV symptoms.
What about my other symptoms I am having? I went to the doctor yesterday because of my sudden lymph node growth and also my throat. What could be the cause of the symptoms then? Everything seems to be connected to HIV symptoms.
MEDICAL PROFESSIONAL
Welcome to our Forum. The exposure to the hairbrush that you report did not put you at any risk for HIV. HIV does not live long outside of the body, dying in just minutes because of the effects for drying an temperature. No one has ever acquired HIV from sharing a hairbrush - never.
The symptoms you describe are not suggestive of HIV either. Tingling of the fingers is not caused by early HIV infection and your sore throat is far, far more likely to be caused by the sorts of viruses people acquire all the time in the course of normal life than to be due to HIV.
Testing at 2 weeks will detect about 50% of recently acquired HIV infections. You do not need further testing however since you are not at risk.
I hope my comments are helpful to you. EWH
The symptoms you describe are not suggestive of HIV either. Tingling of the fingers is not caused by early HIV infection and your sore throat is far, far more likely to be caused by the sorts of viruses people acquire all the time in the course of normal life than to be due to HIV.
Testing at 2 weeks will detect about 50% of recently acquired HIV infections. You do not need further testing however since you are not at risk.
I hope my comments are helpful to you. EWH
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